HONE YSUCKLE. 
( Generous, devoted Affection?) 
HIS exquisite flower has something so homelike 
and English about it that we marvel it has not 
met with more poetical appreciation. All the 
glories of East and West cannot rival its blossoms in our 
estimation. Often in Eastern lands have we longed 
for the honeysuckle lanes of England. It grows (tor the 
benefit of the wayfarer) in the hedgerow : it clasps the 
porch and thatch of the poor man’s cottage : it wafts 
soothing perfume to the lover. 
THE HONEYSUCKLE. 
THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. 
See the Honeysuckle twine 
Round this casement:—’tis a shrine 
Where the heart doth incense give, 
And the pure affections live 
In the mother’s gentle breast 
By her smiling infant pressed. 
Blessed shrine ! dear, blissful home ! 
Source whence happiness doth come ! 
